Drone Stories Information

Drone Stories designs and flies drone light shows that tell a story. We started in 2016 out of the Dutch art studio DRIFT: co-founder Ralph Nauta came up with the idea in 2008, and in 2017 our first show, Franchise Freedom at Art Basel Miami, became the first 3D drone show, flown by software based on the swarming of starlings. Since then we've flown the first drone show above New York City (1,000 drones over Central Park, after five years of work to change the law), the first drone show at Burning Man, Coachella with Björk, the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Louis Vuitton in Hong Kong and on Isola Bella, and Mercedes-AMG at Formula 1 Las Vegas. Desert Swarm at Noor Riyadh set the Guinness World Record for the largest drone bird swarm. We work for brands and agencies, festivals and concerts, cities and cultural institutions, worldwide: concept, design, permits and flight. Shows start from $50,000. Founded by Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn (DRIFT) and Lucas van Oostrum, with founding partners Therme Art and Pace Gallery. Sister company of Studio Drift. Amsterdam · New York · https://dronestories.com/